CBS says it’s kept all of its major corporate advertisers for next month’s broadcasts of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, including General Motors, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CBS, which also has AT&T and Coca-Cola as some of its larger March…
Michael Rady, most recently a cast member on CBS’ “Swingtown,” is the first actor to be cast in The CW’s updated version of “Melrose Place,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Rady, who also appeared in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling…
Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns said the company would consider bringing in a financial or strategic partner for TV Guide Network, which the studio recently acquired, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Burns also said premium television service Epix, Lionsgate’s joint…
Jimmy Fallon, who succeeds Conan O’Brien next week with “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” had been approached by “Late Night” executive producer Lorne Michaels as early as 2004 about possibly replacing O’Brien, the Associated Press reports. Mr. Fallon, who says…
Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield predicts News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch will hire a second-in-command after the departure of Peter Chernin, noting the 16 executives reporting to Murdoch are too many, DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports. “Streamlining definitely is needed,” Greenfield wrote, the…
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” will be providing some answers about what happened to the character of Alexandra Cabot when actress Stephanie March reprises her role, which left the character in the witness protection program in 2003, the New…
“American Idol” judge Paula Abdul said she thinks having four judges doesn’t work on the show, the New York Post reports, citing the March 9 issue of OK! magazine. “It takes up so much time for each of us to…
Zosia Mamet, the daughter of playwright David Mamet, has been cast as Saffron in Fox’s remake of British series “Absolutely Fabulous,” the New York Post reports. —Aimee Picchi
WCBS-TV may be in line to become the next television station to broadcast from the back seat of New York City taxis, the New York Post reports. Digital Dispatch System is talking with broadcasters to provide content for 1,200 cabs,…
CBS is winning viewers against Fox’s “American Idol” with the help of “NCIS” and its new crime drama “The Mentalist,” Bloomberg News reports. With “Idol” down by almost 1 million viewers, “‘Idol’ isn’t quite the weapon of mass destruction that…